Feature request #6614
Add support for "unknown" units
| Status: | Open | ||
|---|---|---|---|
| Priority: | Normal | ||
| Assignee: | - | ||
| Category: | Unknown | ||
| Pull Request or Patch supplied: | No | Resolution: | |
| Easy fix?: | No | Copied to github as #: | 15801 |
Description
It often happens that qgis doesn't know what the units of the input data are.
In those cases qgis currently makes a guess, but the guess is often wrong, and surely arbitrary.
This ticket is to add support for "unknown" units, and ensure all tools use a centralized
view of what the current map units are so that all agree on the units.
For tools that really want to show a unit name, we should use a name which clearly reflects the unknown.
The unit could be called just "unit" (Area: 32 square units) or could be picked up from this nicelist:
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_humorous_units_of_measurement
History
#1
Updated by Sandro Santilli about 12 years ago
I just wanted to add this message I saw flying by at qgis startup:
Debug: src/core/qgsmaprenderer.cpp: 216: (adjustExtentToSize) Scale (assuming meters as map units) = 1:0.00000000
.. this ticket is to basically stop assuming :)
#2
Updated by Sandro Santilli over 11 years ago
This is not a bug but a feature request. Only, there's no widget here in my "update ticket" form to change tracker. Help ?
#3
Updated by Giovanni Manghi over 11 years ago
- Tracker changed from Bug report to Feature request
#4
Updated by Giovanni Manghi over 7 years ago
- Easy fix? set to No
#5
Updated by Jürgen Fischer about 7 years ago
- Category set to Unknown